Kentucky Senate passes anti-busing bill aimed at Jefferson County

8:40 PM,
Mar. 20, 2012

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The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would allow parents to circumvent Jefferson County's controversial student-assignment plan - though the measure is expected to stall in the House amid criticism that it would undermine decades of desegregation efforts.

Senate Bill 9, approved by a vote of 21-15, would allow parents to enroll their children in the school nearest their home, undermining the district's student assignment plan in which students are bused to other neighborhoods in the interest of diversity.

All Republicans present voted for the bill, as did the chamber's one ...